Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 713 - 711

Chapter 713: Chapter 711

Shangguan Ruixi watched Shangguan Xuanyi with a look of having been abandoned. He couldn’t help but laugh, thinking that only the princess of Rui’an County could really handle Shangguan Xuanyi.

However, seeing the way their hands were still tightly clasped despite their petty quarrel, he thought about his invitation to Di Shaowei to join them to watch the animals. Di Shaowei firmly refused, saying that since Jingya had agreed to leave their child and go on a trip, they should spend some quality time together as a couple.

He glanced again at the emperor and empress, Shangguan Xuanjun and Gu Qiqi, all of them were paired up like lovebirds, their faces full of sweetness.

He suddenly felt a bit of anticipation for the life after marriage, which, he thought, might not be too bad.

However, he haven’t found a girl who could make his heart flutter yet.

Well, let’s just go with the flow!

He then turned his attention back to the field.

On the grass, there were ten sheepdogs each leading ten sheep in the competition.

What the dogs had to do was to guide their flock of ten sheep into the designated circle, arrange them in order, and then lead them back into their designated sheepfold.

The dog whose team of sheep was the most orderly and made it back to the sheepfold the fastest, or at the very least have the most sheep back in the sheepfold, would be declared the winner.

Initially, as the owners opened the doors of the sheepfold, the dogs led the sheep towards the circle not far away.

Each sheep started by following their shepherd dog, however, as they continued running, in some teams, one or two sheep couldn’t keep up with the rest, a few teams had a few sheep lowering their heads to graze while running, some sheep from some teams even strayed and started running with other teams!

Laughter erupted from the audience each time any of this happened.

Once the sheepdog noticed, it would bark at them a couple of times, and then they would follow the team again.

After successfully leading the sheep into the circle, they would line up the sheep in order, then lead them back to the sheepfold.

To increase the amusement for the audience, Xiao’er intentionally arranged for one team of sheep to be common sheep, while other teams had between one to five common sheep in them. Only two teams were composed exclusively of sheep from the space.

All the sheepdogs were from the space as well. One of the dogs was leading a bunch of common sheep, each dumber than a pig, out of control, moving in the opposite direction of the dog’s commands, running everywhere instead of gathering when told, almost driving the dog to tears!

It cried out in its heart: Master, this isn’t how you play! I’m overworked!

The audience saw this and burst into laughter.

However, the crowd’s applause and cheers were reserved for the two excellent teams.

Soon, two sheepdogs successfully led ten sheep each into a circle, with no errors on the way.

This amazed the audience.

Soon after, these sheep lined up in the drawn circle and under the leadership of the dogs, started running back.

The audience started to feel tense at this point.

"Who do you think will win?"

"How would I know, both teams seem to be equally fast!"

"How about we place a bet? The loser has to treat the winner to a day’s stay at the hot spring resort!"

It costs 100 taels of silver to stay for a day at the hot spring resort!

But for some wealthy folks, what is 100 taels worth?

"Deal, I bet on the team with a red scarf around their neck to win!"

"Then I’ll take the green one!" With a bet going, it’s much more exciting. Both men started cheering loudly for the team they thought would win!

Many people began to speculate which team would win. Then the voices "Go red team, go!" "Blue team, go!" arose one after another!

These people didn’t even care if dogs and sheep could understand their shouts!

But who cares?! Even sheep understand dogs barking! There’s no reason they shouldn’t understand the human language!

The enthusiasm of His Majesty and Prince An was also ignited by the audience!

Seeing how Prince An was engrossed, His Majesty twisted his mind a little and suggested:

"My dear brother, let’s have a bet too! If I win, you will give me your famous inkstone. How about that?"

This Royal Brother always covets his treasures! Prince An refused without a second thought, "No way! Propose another item then I will bet with you!"

"You’re stingy!" The Emperor frowned and continued: "Well then, let’s bet on an only edition book, any one of them!"

Damn! Cunning old fox! Prince An’s handsome face turned dark! Everyone knows that he treasures all his only edition books, asking for his only edition is like asking for his life!

This Royal Brother is too cunning, purposely mentioning the inkstone first! Actually, he’s aiming for those only edition books of mine!

He had already refused once, now it’s inappropriate for him to refuse again! Damn it, the old fox is really underhanded! Prince An was frustrated and upset.

The Emperor watched Prince An’s miserable expression and laughed: "My dear brother, choose a team first! So you won’t accuse me of bullying you!"

You’re bullying me! Prince An muttered to himself, and then for his life, he seriously eyed both red and green teams. Seems like they’re both formidable!

He turned his head, asking Xiao’er: "My sister-in-law, which team do you think will win?"

Xiao’er couldn’t help but curse inwardly upon hearing this, why involve me in your godly gambles, I’m just a mortal!

Don’t they know that she doesn’t know how to swim and can drown in their undercurrents!

"My dear brother, you can’t cheat!" The Emperor complained.

"What cheating is this? You can ask too! I’m not stopping you!" Prince An retorted rightfully.

The Emperor: He’s so shameless! I just mentioned earlier that he can choose first! It will be pointless for me to ask now! Knowing which team will win is clearly to his advantage!

Xiao’er glanced at the sky and then said, "I don’t know either, both teams look like they have a chance!"

"Coward!" Prince An muttered and then pointed at the red team: "I choose the red team!"

Xiao’er: "...", Caught in the sandwich is really tough!

Who did I provoke?!

By this time, the last sheep of the red team had also left the circle, whilst there’s still a leg of a green team’s sheep within the circle.

"Well, I will just go for the green team then!" The Emperor spoke nonchalantly.

After choosing, there was no more speaking and everyone now watched the competition intently without batting an eye.

The two flocks of sheep were getting closer and closer to the sheepfold.

The audience was cheering and screaming louder, creating a fervent atmosphere in the race field.

Prince An couldn’t help but stand up: "Hurry up! My only edition book is at stake! If you lose I will slaughter you all and make you into mutton hotpot!"

Xiao’er: "..."

Hold on, these sheep are mine! Who gave him the right to slaughter them?!

With all the enthusiasm in the field, the people outside were clearly being informed about how exciting the competition was, making those who didn’t get into the field, feel like they’ve been scratched by a cat, itching to know what the heck was going on inside that made everyone so excited and exhilarated.

Princess Ling’er, looking at these utterly ordinary mongrel dogs that could actually herd sheep, became restless.

The Lord of Rui’an County can’t really teach pigs to herd sheep, can he?!

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